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` tag to be used on rolls of carpet or other simi- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WALTER FRY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN P. RIOKARDS, OF SAME PLACE.

TAG FOR CARPETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,822, dated November 29, 1887.

Application filed September 22, 1887. Serial No. 250,386. (No model.)

cation, referenceV being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to furnish a lar material which will at a glance show all the data relating to the size of the original roll, the amount sold on particular days, the salesman, ne.. and which will be attached to the roll in such a manner that it will be unnecessary to remove it until the roll is entirely disposed of. The tag is also furnished with a strip of elastic webbing, which carries ahook, which keeps the free endvof the roll in place without the use of pins or strings.

In the drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a roll of'carpet tted withmy improved tag; Fig. 2, a plan of the tag and elastic webbing and hook; Fig. 3, a side view of the same, and Fig. 4 a section of Fig. 3 on line 1 2.

A is a piece of card-board, which is printed in such a manner that all data relating to the piece of goods upon which it is placed may be seen at a glance.

. B is a thin piece of metal which backs the card-board and which is furnished with clasps a for holding the card-board securely in place.

C is a staple-hook pivoted to the piece of metal B, and which is inserted in the end of a roll of carpet or other material to hold the tag in place.

the free end oredge of the roll, and hence no 5o I pins or strings are required to keep this edge in place.

In order that the webbing D and hook F may properly secure the end or edge of the roll, no matter at what part of the roll it may 55 be, the staple-hook C is pivoted to the tag, and the tag may revolve around on this pivot as a center. This pivot, Suc., are shown in the section, Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, I 6o claim- Y 1. The combination of the card-board A, metal backing B, clasps a, and staple-hook C, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of card-board A, metal 65 backing B, clasps a, staple-hook` (l, pivoted to backing B, elasticwcbbing D, and hook F, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

.In testimony whereof l aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

A WILLIAM WALTER FRY.

Witnesses:

JOHN I. ROGERS, WM. J. SHET'rsLINE. 

